Keon Coleman success by route - Not pretty

[MasterStrategist]

2 hours ago, SoonerBillsFan said:

Steve smith showed Coleman for his size, wasn't physical or strong enough.  

Yep, all about getting better in year 2 within those areas.

[Rich Stadium Original]

2 hours ago, SoTier said:

 

I think that the Bills wanted a big Red Zone target who could fight for balls, and Coleman seems a good fit for that role.   The weaknesses that his critics keep bringing up -- his 40 yard speed and his difficulty getting separation -- are pretty inconsequential in the tight quarters inside the 20.

It has been brought up many times how relatively slow Coleman is..and accurately so.  But what I do find interesting is that his numbers at the combine were virtually identical to Nacua. In fact, I think Coleman was actually a bit faster in the gauntlet drill.

So what is the difference between their games?  Does Nacua have a skill set that Coleman doesn't have? 

 Maybe with a second more healthy season with Josh Allen will bring out aspects of his game we haven't seen yet.

[LEBills]

11 minutes ago, Rich Stadium Original said:

It has been brought up many times how relatively slow Coleman is..and accurately so.  But what I do find interesting is that his numbers at the combine were virtually identical to Nacua. In fact, I think Coleman was actually a bit faster in the gauntlet drill.

So what is the difference between their games?  Does Nacua have a skill set that Coleman doesn't have? 

 Maybe with a second more healthy season with Josh Allen will bring out aspects of his game we haven't seen yet.

Two things, Puka is a great route runner. McVay puts Puka in positions to succeed.

[Maine-iac]

1 hour ago, Rich Stadium Original said:

It has been brought up many times how relatively slow Coleman is..and accurately so.  But what I do find interesting is that his numbers at the combine were virtually identical to Nacua. In fact, I think Coleman was actually a bit faster in the gauntlet drill.

So what is the difference between their games?  Does Nacua have a skill set that Coleman doesn't have? 

 Maybe with a second more healthy season with Josh Allen will bring out aspects of his game we haven't seen yet.

The single biggest difference is that Nacua isn't playing an X WR role.  For the most part he's facing a different set of defenders than an X WR would face and in general he's catching much shorter throws as evidenced by the fact that Coleman averaged 7 more yards than him in ADOT.  Nacua isn't the decoy he's the guy benefiting from it.  Coleman still averaged more YAC than Nacua.  There's plenty of reasons to be encouraged by Coleman but given the position we have him playing and how we use that position he's probably not going to see 120 targets and his catch rate even with a good year will probably be 55 to 60 percent.  If he learns a few Gabe Davis routes and Brady finds some use for his YAC ability and mixes him in a little more it's not out of the question he could have 800 or 900 yards and 6 plus TD's next year.  Given our running game and Shakir and Kincaid taking over the higher volume stuff that would be decent production from the guy who's probably your 3rd or 4th option.